By GLENN ADAMS (AP Writer) via www.news.yahoo.com AUGUSTA, Maine – A Maine legislator wants to make the state the first to require cell phones to carry warnings that they can cause brain cancer, although there is no consensus among scientists that they do and industry leaders dispute the claim. The now-ubiquitous devices carry such warnings in some countries, though no…
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By Elizabeth Landau (CNN) — In the year since a U.S. cancer researcher’s warning drew wide attention, more evidence is emerging that long-term cell phone use is associated with cancer, but there’s still not a definitive explanation or proof of cause and effect. Last summer, Dr. Ronald Herberman, then director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, issued a warning…
Thanks to Camilla Rees at www.electromagnetichealth.org for the news tip. August 25, 2009 – A new report, “Cellphones and Brain Tumors: 15 Reasons for Concern, Science, Spin and the Truth Behind Interphone,” was released today by a collaborative of international EMF activists. Groups affiliated with the report include Powerwatch and the Radiation Research Trust in the U.K., and in the…
Thanks to Camilla Rees at www.electromagnetichealth.org for the news tip. August 18, 2009 via www.microwavenews.com Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA) will hold a hearing on cell phones and health on September 14. So says Devra Davis, an activist scientist at the University of Pittsburgh. If Specter follows through, it would be the centerpiece of a conference she is organizing that week…
Image Credit: Eco Warrior Article by Camilla Rees via www.electromagnetichealth.org France has banned cell phones in primary schools. In addition, France is requiring manufacturers to create handsets that allow only texting to reduce health risks to children. France is also requiring manufacturers to offer phones that work only with headsets to reduce exposure to radiation experienced with current cellphones, where…